Board of Directors

Robert H. Alpert

Chairman of the Board

Robert H. Alpert is founder and general partner of RHA, Inc. and Atlas Capital Management, L.P. (collectively “Atlas”). From October 1995 to September 30, 2015, he was responsible for the investments and operations of Atlas Capital Management (a long-short strategy). Atlas Capital Management has transitioned to Robert’s family investment vehicle. Robert is also the co-founder of Homebuilder Capital Advisors LLC (a real estate specialty finance company), a managing member of 210 Capital, LLC., a managing member of Prime Sleep, LLC (a mattress retailer in Kansas City), Director of Redpoint Insurance Group (a Texas P&C company), and an Advisor to CA Partners (a fund of funds). Prior to founding Atlas, Robert was a portfolio manager for Luther King Capital Management (1990-1995). Prior to joining LCKM, Robert was a Management Associate at Paine Webber (1987-1989).Robert holds a BA from Princeton University (1987) and an MBA from Columbia University (1990). Robert is married with three children. Robert is an active member of Watermark Community Church. Robert and his wife founded a private foundation, Covenant Charities, Inc. Robert is currently on the Board of The Halftime Institute and Dallas Theological Seminary. He is also a co-founder of Lemonade Day-Dallas.

Eric Donnelly

Eric Donnelly has spent his 20-year career focused on supporting small businesses and developing low to moderate communities with an emphasis on Hispanic homeownership. He has served as Capital Plus Financials’ Chief Executive Officer since 2014 after having been hired by the company’s founder in 2012 to scale the 25-year social enterprise. Eric has grown the company into one of the largest Community Development Financial Institutions in the country and under his leadership has achieved its B Corp certification further reinforcing the company’s commitment to community impact as well as shareholder value growth. In 2005 after many years in commercial banking, Eric founded a national small balance commercial real estate finance company focused on delivering long term, fixed rate options to small business owners. He is an active Hispanic entrepreneur and leader whose passion it is to improve underserved and underbanked market segments. He is a graduate of Southern Methodist University with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. He is a on the board of Financial Mentors of America, Inc. (FMA) an educational nonprofit which seeks to achieve social and economic transformation. He is a participant in the BBVA Momentum program for Social Entrepreneurs, a 2017 graduate of the Stanford Latino Entrepreneur Initiative and the 2018 Yale Global Executive Leadership Program.

Farzana Giga

Farzana Giga has served as Capital Plus Financial’s Chief Financial Officer since 2014. Ms. Giga’s background includes extensive experience in private equity, financial reporting and analysis, investor reporting and treasury for both private and public companies in Canada and the United States. Prior to Capital Plus, Ms. Giga served as CFO for a private equity firm focused on residential seller financing including acquisitions, mortgage origination and mortgage servicing for a portfolio exceeding $100M. From 2007 to 2009, she worked as an Investment Manager at Quadrant Capital Partners where she was responsible for loan acquisitions and financial analysis of residential and commercial real estate. Prior to Quadrant, Ms. Giga served as an Assistant Vice President at INYX Canada where she was responsible for all strategic and financial planning, budgeting/forecasting, cash flow analysis, mergers and acquisitions analysis including quarterly and annual SEC filings. Prior to INYX, Ms. Giga served as Director, Treasury at RR Donnelly responsible for managing a debt portfolio of $2B. Ms. Giga is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Management Accountant in Ontario, Canada and received her Bachelor of Arts, Economics (Management & Accounting) from the University of Toronto.

Claire Gogel

Claire Gogel has served as a director since October 2017. Ms. Gogel is an Independent Director and member of the finance and restructuring committee at SunEdison, Inc., and has served in that position since 2016 when she was appointed as an independent director by Greenlight Capital. From 2009 to 2014, Ms. Gogel served as a partner and analyst at Greenlight Capital, a hedge fund in New York. From 2001 to 2009, Ms. Gogel was founder and portfolio manager of Perennial Advisors. Ms. Gogel’s professional experience also includes positions as a portfolio manager at Discovery Partners and as a research associate at Cardinal Investment Company. Ms. Gogel is a Board member and Chair of the Grant Committee for Capital for Kids, and has served in that position since 2005. Ms. Gogel is Board member and Chair of the Investment Committee for Booker T. Washington School for the Performing and Visual Arts, and has served in that position since 2015. Ms. Gogel earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with High Honors from The University of Texas at Austin.

C. Clark Webb

C. Clark Webb is Founder and Managing Member of Pl0 Capital Management, LLC. Prior to forming Pl0 Capital Management, Clark was CoPortfolio Manager of the Lafayette Street Fund, a multi-billion dollar opportunistic equity strategy, and a Partner at Select Equity Group, L.P., an asset manager with over $20 billion in assets under management. Clark graduated from Princeton University and serves on the Board of Trustees of Christian Union.